Archive for July, 2009
Syntax Highlighting in WordPress.com hosted blogs and how to create a Windows Live Writer Plug-in
There are various ways of displaying code in a blog entry. Some authors insert images which enable them to ensure that the code is readable and in the required format, however the code can’t then be as easily viewed inside some feed readers, and the text is not searchable or easy to copy/paste. Alternatively an [...]
Filed under: Live Writer, Tools & Tips | 8 Comments
Tags: Live Essentials, Live Writer, Wordpress
Bing (without the Bling)
You want to try out Microsoft’s new search engine, but you don’t quite trust it yet so you’re worried it might miss something which means you search on both – right? Well check out http://www.google-vs-bing.com. This allows you to search both at the same time and displays the results side by side in a split [...]
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Tags: Tips
Whilst trying to host multiple WCF Services in IIS, each within it’s own web site, I discovered an issue with secure host headers and IIS6. The requirements were to securely install each WCF service inside it’s own web site, with its own application and application pool instance. In order to setup multiple sites I needed [...]
Filed under: .Net, ASP.Net | Leave a Comment
Tags: .Net, ASP.Net, IIS, Wix

